Jiesitr-card holder



April 29, 1924.v 1,492,065

M. w. BATTLE MENU CARD HOLDER Filed Aug. 22. 1922 A Wv W Patented Apr. 29, 1924.

MARY W. BATTLE, 01? DENVER, COLORADO.

MENU-CARD HOLDER.

Application filed August 22, 1922 Serial No. 583,650.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY W. BATTLE,

a citizen'of the United States, residing at the city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Menu-Card Holders,.and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in vent-ion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which isappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to menu card holders and more particularly to improvements in the construction of menu card holders of the type described and claimed in my co-pending application Serial No. 567,613, filed June 12, 1922.

In menu card holders it is necessary to provide means whereby the menu card can be readily attached toand removed therefrom, and it is to this means that my present invention is directed.

I am aware that menu card holders of the present type have been patented, but I have found that the means employed for securing the menu cards in place is not as convenient and satisfactory as it should be, and that they nearly always require the card to be perforated, which gives it an untidy and ragged appearance.

It is the object of this invention to provide means for securing the menu card to the holder, which means shall be simple and which permits the card to be put into place without puncturing or tearing the same.

In order to more clearly describe my invention, I shall have reference to the accompanying drawing, in which-- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved menu card holders and shows a menu card attached thereto;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the hinge portion of my holder and shows the means employed for holding the card in place;

Fig. 3 is a side view of the hinge shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4; is an end view of the hinge portion shown in Figs. 2 and 3;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a slightly modified form of holding means;

Fig. 6 is an end view looking in the direction of arrow 6 in Fig. 5; and

Fig. 7 is an end view looking in the direction of the arrow 7 in Fig. 5.

The same reference numerals will be used to designate the same parts throughoutthe several views.

Numeral 1 represents the menu card holder as a whole, and 2 the covers thereof, which consist preferably of metallic channel pieces 3 and 4, suitably secured together and adapted to receive the edge portions of two transparent sheets of celluloid or other suitable material between which the advertisements are held in place.

The channel pieces 3 and 4: serve as a binding which holds the celluloid sheets and the advertisements in place and protects the edges thereof. Channel l is bent into U-shape and serves to enclose and protect three sides of the celluloid sheets, the fourth side being formed by the channels 3, which form the hinge connecting the two sides. T he channels 3 and i are nickeled and highly polished so as to add to the appearance of the holder. The channel pieces 3 are formed with spaced sleeve portions 5, which co-act to form a hinge. A hinge pin 6 extends through the sleeve portions 5 and has the upper end 7 thereof bent at an angle so as to engage the end of the channel and prevent the pin from sliding out. The other end 8 of the hinge pin is bent upwardly and made to lie close to and parallel with the hinge. The object of bending end 8 upwardly as described is to obtain a member that will hold the menu card in place in the manner shown in Fig. 1. To secure the menu card to the holder, I merely raise the free end 8 a short distance and slip the card into place. It is evident that when a holder is provided with means like that just described for securing a menu card in place, the latter may be put into place quickly and without the necessity of perforating the same, and can be readily removed and replaced.

In Figs. 5, 6 and 7 I have illustrated a modification in which the upper end of the hinge pin 6 is provided with a hook 9 and the lower end thereof is provided with an eyelet 10, which co-operates with a suitable eyelet 11 on the end of wire 12, the wires 6 and 12 forming a structure that resembles a safety pin. When a menu card is to be secured to a holder by means of the wire 12, the latter is disconnected from the hook 9 and thrown back into the position indisecuring a menu card to said holder, com.

cated by dotted lines in Fig. 5, The card is "then put into place and the wire 12 returned to full line position and secured by means of the hook 9.

From the above it will be apparent that I have provided simple and convenient means for securing a menucard to a holder without perforating the card, and which will hold the card in place with sufiicient rigidity and at the same time permit the card tobe quickly removed.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is? I l. A menu card holder consisting of two relatively movable sides, a, hinge for securing the sides together, and means for with respect to said pi-n when the menu cardzis inserted into position. b V

2. A menu card holder consisting of a cover composed of two members, interengaging hinge members on each section, said members being provided with registering openings for the reception of a hinge pin, and means for holding a menu card in place in said cover, said means comprising a wire secured at one end to, one end of the hinge pin, and means for normally holding the same in parallel relation to the hinge pin.

3. A menu card holder consisting of, a cover composed of two members, interengaging hinge members on each section, said members being provided with registering openings for the reception of a h nge pin, means for holding a menu card in place 1nsaid cover, said means con'iprising a wire hingedly connected at one end toone end of the hinge pin, and means for holding the same in parallel relation to thevhinge pin, said means comprising a hook on the 7 end of the hinge pin.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

MARY W. BATTLE. 

